Category Archives: Email

Replying to Every Email

Posted on April 1, 2008 by fwade

I can’t quite recall where I read this suggestion, but I have been trying it out and it seems to work. It’s very simple – for every important piece of email, send a reply, even a short one, to say … Continue reading →

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Blackberry Insanity

Posted on March 12, 2008 by fwade

New devices make it easier than ever for professionals to get stuck in unproductive activities that damage their peace of mind. One of the more destructive habits that they enable is the ability to check email at all times during … Continue reading →

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Manage that Exploding Inbox

Posted on February 25, 2008 by fwade

An article with the above name was published in the Jamaica Sunday Gleaner on February 17th, and can be found at the following link: http://go-jamaica.com/jobsmart/view_article_details.php?id=221 It echoes many of my thoughts on the topic. Post Footer automatically generated by Add … Continue reading →

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The Ridiculously Overflowing Inbox

Posted on February 18, 2008 by fwade

While there have been quite a few posts on various blogs about maintaining a Zero Inbox, or an Empty Inbox for email, I take the opposite tack and assert that an overflowing in-box of a sign of lack of productivity. … Continue reading →

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The Email Inbox as a Mouth

Posted on February 8, 2008 by fwade

The email in-box is nothing more than a mouth. Huh? Well, the mouth is an ideal capture point. It allows for temporary storage of a certain amount of food, and performs its function perfectly as a “staging area” for the … Continue reading →

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Professional Un-productivity

Posted on February 6, 2008 by fwade

As mentioned before, the task of comparing one worker to another in terms of their productivity has become much harder. However, the results of examining their in-box can give a good insight into how productive they are. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Inbox Difficulties

Posted on February 4, 2008 by fwade

Back in the old days it was easy. The unproductive guy was the one who still had a bunch of bricks sitting in a pile waiting to be assembled into a wall, while the productive guy was finished long before, … Continue reading →

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Email:Putting It All Together

Posted on January 28, 2008 by fwade

One of the easiest ways to check whether or not someone is at a higher belt level is to observe carefully how they handle email. What do they have in their in-box? Is the number of emails always kept small? … Continue reading →

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A Hard Habit to Break

Posted on December 7, 2007 by fwade

One of the more difficult habits to break when using Outlook is hard to change because of how the program is designed. Here is the typical scenario: Several pieces of email come into the Outlook in-box Each of them share … Continue reading →

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